The Darke County Sheriff’s Office has received numerous reports in the past few days from citizens who have received calls from individuals stating that they are from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The caller further states that if the party hangs up a Sheriff’s Deputy will respond to the person’s house and arrest them.
Sheriff Spencer says this is nothing more than a SCAM and is warning citizens against giving the caller any personal information. The best recourse is to simply and politely hang up on the caller, or do not answer the call if you have caller I.D. and do not recognize the number, especially if the number is an out of state number.
If you have given any personal information such as Social Security Number, bank account or credit card numbers to the caller, Sheriff Spencer recommends that you contact your bank or credit card company and monitor your credit accounts. If you have been scammed out of money, please call the Darke County Sheriff’s Office at 937-548-2020 to make a report.
For more information, please visit the Darke County Sheriff’s Office online at www.DarkeCountySheriff.org or www.Facebook.com/DarkeCountySheriff.
Information regarding phone scams is also available through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) website at http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-phone-scams.
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